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JoJo

Is "I'm entitled to my opinion" in this situation a fallacy?

twitter.com/zerowondering. . .

This is a tweet where someone explains why they think that the new Pokemon game is bad and that these critics opinions are cognitively and monetarily biased. Some people have tried to defend the critics and their own opinion by saying that "They're entitled to their opinion".
asked on Saturday, Nov 16, 2019 10:49:40 AM by JoJo

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Bo Bennett, PhD
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It would be an ad hominem circumstantial to say that because critics are/might be getting paid then the reviews cannot be accurate. It is reasonable ti point out the bias, and even reasonable to conclude that such reviews would be statistically less likely to represent reality than unbiased critic's reviews. But a simple dismissal of the review would be fallacious.

No, "you are entitled to your opinion" is not fallacious here since the conclusion being reached isn't "they are entitled to their option, therefore, they must be right/wrong;" it is more "they are entitled to their opinion, to stop complaining that you don't like their opinion."
answered on Saturday, Nov 16, 2019 11:01:11 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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mchasewalker
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I don't buy the whole opinion entitlement trope. It's kind of a special pleading in certain circumstances - a juvenile type of
get out of jail free card. You certainly have a right to express your opinion in most circumstances, but I have to say
that opinions about important matters require an argument supported by evidence, fact, history, comparison and an informed
awareness of the subject. Check out:

<>You are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to what you can argue for.” theconversation.com/no-yo. . . via @ConversationEDU
answered on Saturday, Nov 16, 2019 12:05:47 PM by mchasewalker

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